Michel Vorm

{{short description|Dutch former professional footballer (born 1983)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Michel Vorm

| image = Michelvorm.jpg

| caption = Vorm in 2007

| fullname = Michel Armand Vorm{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWC/2014/pdf/FWC_2014_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands |publisher=FIFA |page=25 |date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203092301/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWC/2014/pdf/FWC_2014_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=3 February 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|10|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = IJsselstein, Netherlands

| height = 1.83 m{{Cite web |title=Michel Vorm |publisher=Premier League |access-date=2 January 2019 |url= https://www.premierleague.com/players/4398/Michel-Vorm/overview}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = JSV Nieuwegein

| years1 = 2005–2011

| clubs1 = Utrecht

| caps1 = 137

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2005–2006

| clubs2 = → Den Bosch (loan)

| caps2 = 35

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2011–2014

| clubs3 = Swansea City

| caps3 = 89

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2014–2019

| clubs4 = Tottenham Hotspur

| caps4 = 13

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = Tottenham Hotspur

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 274

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2014

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}}

{{MedalSport | Men's football}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|RU|2010 South Africa|Team}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Brazil|Team}}

{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-21 Championship|}}

{{Medal|W|2006 Portugal|}}

}}

Michel Armand Vorm (born 20 October 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Following his playing career, he was also a goalkeeping coach at Tottenham Hotspur.

Vorm began his professional career at FC Utrecht in 2005, spending his first season on loan at FC Den Bosch. He transferred to Swansea City in 2011, playing three Premier League seasons and winning the League Cup in 2013. Vorm joined Tottenham Hotspur for £3.5 million in 2014, and announced his retirement in 2020.

A full international for the Netherlands from 2008 to 2014, Vorm earned 15 caps in total for the senior team. He was part of Dutch squads for 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and UEFA Euro 2012.

Club career

=FC Utrecht=

Born in IJsselstein to a Dutch mother and a Surinamese father,{{Cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/swansea-city/10422121/I-love-this-type-of-game-no-matter-how-intense-it-is-says-Swanseas-Michel-Vorm-ahead-of-derby-against-Cardiff.html|title = 'I love this type of game, no matter how intense it is,' says Swansea's Michel Vorm ahead of derby against Cardiff|website = The Daily Telegraph|date = November 2013|access-date = 6 March 2016|last1 = Winter|first1 = Henry}} Vorm began his career at FC Utrecht. In order to gain more experience, he spent the 2005–06 season on loan to FC Den Bosch. He made his debut on 12 August 2005 against FC Emmen, the first of 35 appearances that season.

In August 2006, Vorm made his debut for Utrecht against Willem II. Although he joined FC Utrecht as the third-choice goalkeeper, behind Franck Grandel and Joost Terol, his pre-season performances impressed manager Foeke Booy, and saw him promoted to first choice keeper at the start of the league season. During this first season Vorm played 33 out of 34 matches, and his position as number one at the club remained unchallenged thereafter. Vorm missed a handful matches during the 2007–08 season due to knee and shoulder injuries. He left Utrecht at the start of the 2011–12 season, having played 136 matches in the Eredivisie.

=Swansea City=

In August 2011, Vorm joined Swansea City for a fee of around £1.5 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/aug/07/swansea-michel-vorm-utrecht|title=Swansea agree fee for Dutch international goalkeeper Michel Vorm|date=7 August 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 August 2011|location=London}}

He took the vacant number 1 shirt and made his debut for the club against Manchester City on 15 August 2011 in a 4–0 defeat.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=318034|title=Manchester City vs. Swansea City – Football Match Report – August 15, 2011 |publisher=ESPN}} Although he conceded four goals, he also made eleven saves – more than any other Premier League goalkeeper, in a single match, in the whole of the 2011–12 season. In his second match for Swansea against Wigan Athletic, on 20 August, Vorm saved a 72nd-minute penalty from Ben Watson, to give Swansea their first ever point in the Premier League.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14514711.stm | publisher=BBC Sport | title=Swansea 0–0 Wigan | date=20 August 2011}} On 6 November 2011, Vorm arguably saved Swansea from defeat against Liverpool and earned them the draw at Anfield by pulling off two outstanding saves to earn the clean sheet. On 10 December, he was instrumental in Swansea's 2–0 win over Fulham as he saved Clint Dempsey's 87th-minute penalty, with Swansea 1–0 up.{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16015563 | title = Swansea 2–0 Fulham | date = 10 December 2011| access-date = 10 December 2011 | publisher = BBC Sport}}

During his first season with Swansea he helped keep 13 clean sheets in 37 league appearances.{{cite web|url=http://www.11kicks.com/Teams/Swansea_City_1/Stats |title=Swansea City Statistics |access-date=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323153459/http://www.11kicks.com/Teams/Swansea_City_1/Stats |archive-date=23 March 2012 }} His performances were so impressive that he won three awards at the club's end-of-season dinner – Supporters' Player of the Year, Players' Player and the Away Player awards.{{cite news|title=Vorm's triple trophy swoop|url=http://www.swanseacity.com/news/article/awards-night-207835.aspx|publisher=Swansea City A.F.C.|date=10 May 2012}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On 27 September 2012, Vorm signed a new four-year contract with Swansea.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19658904|title=Goalkeeper Michel Vorm signs new Swansea City contract|date=27 September 2012|publisher=BBC Sport}} On 28 October 2012, he was ruled out for up to eight weeks due to a groin injury picked up in a match against Manchester City.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20113017|title=Swansea City suffer goalkeeper Michel Vorm injury blow|date=28 October 2012|publisher=BBC Sport}} On 3 November 2013, in the South Wales derby against Cardiff City, Vorm was shown a straight red card by referee Mike Dean for a stoppage-time foul on Fraizer Campbell. The match ended 1–0 to Cardiff City.{{cite news|last1=McNulty|first1=Phil|title=Cardiff 1–0 Swansea|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24690406|access-date=6 July 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 November 2013}}

=Tottenham Hotspur=

On 23 July 2014, Vorm announced via Dutch radio that he would sign for Tottenham Hotspur to compete with Hugo Lloris.{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/69/transfer-zone/2014/07/23/4977923/vorm-confirms-tottenham-switch?ICID=HP_BN_11|title=Vorm Confirms Tottenham Switch|date=23 July 2014|work=Goal.com}} He signed on a four-year deal costing Spurs £3.5 million after three years at Swansea, joining on the same day as Swansea's Ben Davies made the same move and Gylfi Sigurðsson was exchanged as part of the deal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28413195|title=Davies completes Tottenham switch|work=BBC Sport}} The transfer was disputed by Utrecht, who complained to FIFA that they were contractually due 30% of the fee received by Swansea.{{cite news|title=Swansea City: Utrecht report club to Fifa over Vorm fee|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28701743|access-date=11 August 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=11 August 2014}} FIFA rejected Utrecht's claim, and the case was heard in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in January 2016.{{cite news|title=Michel Vorm: Swansea due in court over Tottenham transfer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35438556|access-date=29 January 2016|publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 January 2016}}

He made his debut for Tottenham on 24 September, in the third round of the League Cup at home against Nottingham Forest. Despite conceding first to Jorge Grant, Tottenham won 3–1.{{cite news|title=Tottenham 3–1 Nottm Forest|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29233056|access-date=6 November 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 September 2014}} Vorm featured again in the next round on 29 October, keeping his first clean sheet for the club as Tottenham defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0.{{cite news|title=Tottenham 2–0 Brighton|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29718447|access-date=6 November 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 October 2014}} Eight days later he played his first UEFA Europa League match for Tottenham, a 2–1 win away to Asteras Tripoli.{{cite news|last1=Abraham|first1=Timothy|title=Asteras Tripolis 1–2 Tottenham|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29919621|access-date=6 November 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=6 November 2014}}

Vorm's first league appearance for Tottenham came on 21 March 2015, after Lloris went off injured in the fourth minute of a home match against Leicester City. Tottenham won 4–3.{{cite news|last1=Sanghera|first1=Mandeep|title=Tottenham 4–3 Leicester|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31883462|access-date=22 March 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=21 March 2015}} On 5 April he made his first league start, a goalless draw against Burnley at Turf Moor.{{cite news|last1=Oliver|first1=Pete|title=Burnley 0–0 Tottenham|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32103945|access-date=6 April 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 April 2015}} On 13 August 2016, Vorm made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season for Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park, in which he replaced the injured Lloris after 35 minutes.

Vorm's contract was extended in 2018,{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/3520193/tottenham-confirm-michel-vorm-contract-extension |title=Tottenham confirm Michel Vorm contract extension |date=8 Jun 2018|work=ESPN |access-date=7 June 2019}} however, in the 2018–19 season, he was replaced as the number two goalkeeper for Tottenham by Paulo Gazzaniga, having started in fewer games when Hugo Lloris was not available.{{cite web |url=https://cartilagefreecaptain.sbnation.com/2019/5/15/18617943/tottenham-season-review-goalkeepers-hugo-lloris-paulo-gazzaniga-michel-vorm |title=Tottenham Hotspur Season in Review 2018-19: Goalkeepers |first= Nathan|last= Giannini |date=15 May 2019|work=Cartilage Free Captain |access-date=26 May 2019}} After the 2018–19 season Vorm was released by Tottenham following the end of his contract with the club.{{cite web |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2019/june/player-update/ |title=Player update |work=Tottenham Hotspur F.C. |date=7 June 2019 |access-date=7 June 2019}}

Three months into the 2019–20 season, Vorm re-signed on a contract until the end of the season as cover for Gazzaniga who had stepped into the starting eleven to replace the injured Lloris.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50049017 |title=Michel Vorm rejoins Tottenham to cover for injured Hugo Lloris |publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 October 2019 |access-date=14 October 2019}} Vorm made his first appearance of the season in the FA Cup match against Norwich City on 5 March 2020, which ended in a loss after a penalty shoot-out.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-player-rating-fa-cup-norwich-city-a4378921.html |title=Tottenham player ratings: Michel Vorm clanger costs Spurs as Giovani Lo Celso impresses again |first=Dan |last= Kilpatrick |work=Evening Standard |date=5 March 2020 }} On 27 July 2020, Tottenham confirmed that Vorm would be leaving the club following the end of the season.{{Cite web|title=Tottenham confirm Jan Vertonghen and Michel Vorm departures|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/12037119/tottenham-confirm-jan-vertonghen-and-michel-vorm-departures|date=27 July 2020|access-date=27 July 2020|website=Sky Sports}}

On 26 October 2020, Vorm announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 37.{{Cite web|title=Michel Vorm: Former Tottenham and Swansea goalkeeper announces retirement from football|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12115324/michel-vorm-former-tottenham-and-swansea-goalkeeper-announces-retirement-from-football|date=26 October 2020|access-date=26 October 2020|website=Sky Sports}}{{Cite news|title=Ex-Spurs & Swansea keeper Vorm retires|publisher=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54696151|date=26 October 2020|access-date=26 October 2020}}

International career

In 2006, he was a member of the Netherlands squad that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Portugal.

Vorm played his first match for the senior national team on 14 November 2008, replacing Henk Timmer at half time in a 3–1 home friendly win, conceding to Kim Källström within four minutes of coming on. He made his first start on 5 September 2009 in a friendly home match against Japan (3–0 win), followed up four days later by an impressive performance at Hampden Park during the World Cup qualifier Scotland – Netherlands, a match won 1–0 by the Netherlands.[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/sep/09/world-cup-scotland-holland] – Holland end luckless Scotland's World Cup hopes – 9 September 2009[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8240464.stm] – BBC Sports Scotland 0–1 Netherlands  – 9 September 2009

At Hampden Park, this was Vorm's first competitive match ever outside the Netherlands.[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/sep/08/scotland-holland-maarten-stekelenburg-goalkeeper] – Novice Dutch goalkeeper offers Scots glimmer of hope – 8 September 2009

=2010 World Cup=

Vorm was included in the preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iO9bETRJh0iovmmUN7ZeFDugTEIg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518152030/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iO9bETRJh0iovmmUN7ZeFDugTEIg |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2010 |title=Van Marwijk trims Dutch squad to 27 | agency=Agence France-Presse|date=15 May 2010 |access-date=18 May 2010 }} On 27 May 2010, Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk announced that the player would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the FIFA World Cup.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/may/27/holland-world-cup-23-man-squad |title=Holland coach Bert van Marwijk finalises World Cup squad |work=The Guardian |date=27 May 2010 |agency=Press Association |access-date=27 May 2010 |location=London}} Before the start of the competition he was allowed to fly back to the Netherlands. During the World Cup, Vorm's girlfriend Daisy delivered a son, Jaivy Waylon. The Dutch goalkeeper returned home for two days following his son's birth.{{cite web |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1049/Oranje/article/detail/490374/2010/06/14/Zoontje-voor-doelman-Vorm-Jaivy-Waylon.dhtml |title=Zoontje voor doelman Vorm: Jaivy Waylon |work=Algemeen Dagblad|date=14 June 2010 |access-date=7 July 2010| language =nl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.nl/%28/actueel/rtlboulevard/nieuws/articleview/%29/components/actueel/rtlboulevard/2010/06_juni/entertainment/Op_babybezoek_bij_michel_vorm.xml |title=Op babybezoek bij Oranje-keeper Michel Vorm |publisher=RTL.nl| date=16 June 2010 |access-date=7 July 2010| language=nl}}

=Euro 2012=

Vorm was included in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Euro 2012. Maarten Stekelenburg was Bert van Marwijk's first choice in goal, playing all three games as the nation exited in the group stage.

=2014 World Cup=

For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, coach Louis van Gaal included Vorm in the Netherlands squad, alongside young Ajax goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen who was first choice in goal and Tim Krul. Despite having a reputation for his penalty-saving abilities while at Swansea,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/16127690|title= Swansea City penalty hero Michel Vorm wants Dutch starting spot|date=10 December 2011|access-date=3 November 2011|publisher=BBC Sport}} Van Gaal opted to replace Cillessen with Krul in the penalty shootout during the quarter-final match against Costa Rica. Vorm came on for Cillessen in injury time of the 3–0 third place play-off win against Brazil in Brasília, thus ensuring that all 23 Dutch squad members played at the tournament.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28173517|title=Brazil 0–3 Netherlands|date=12 July 2014|access-date=13 July 2014|publisher=BBC Sport}}

Coaching career

On 20 April 2021, following the sacking of José Mourinho and the appointment of Ryan Mason on an interim basis, Vorm was appointed interim goalkeeping coach at Tottenham Hotspur.{{cite news|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2021/april/coaching-update/ |title=Coaching update |date=20 April 2021|access-date=20 April 2021|work=Tottenham Hotspur F.C.}} He left this position at the end of the season.{{cite web| url=https://tbrfootball.com/vorm-posts-emotional-message-on-instagram-as-tottenham-end-season-with-win/| title=Vorm posts emotional message on Instagram as Tottenham end season with win| publisher=The Boot Room| access-date=23 April 2022}}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{cite web|title=Michel Vorm|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=51288|website=Soccerbase|access-date=11 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=M. VORM|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/michel-vorm/2476/|website=Soccerway|access-date=11 September 2015}}

rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=3|League

!colspan=2|National Cup

!colspan=2|League Cup

!colspan=2|Europe

!colspan=2|Other

!colspan=2|Total

Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
rowspan=7|Utrecht

|2006–07

|Eredivisie

|33

000colspan=2|—colspan=2|—5{{efn|name=PO|Appearance(s) in Eredivisie European play-offs}}0380
2007–08

|Eredivisie

|11

000colspan=2|—00colspan=2|—110
2008–09

|Eredivisie

|26

010colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—270
2009–10

|Eredivisie

|33

010colspan=2|—colspan=2|—4{{efn|name=PO}}0380
2010–11

|Eredivisie

|33

050colspan=2|—9{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}}0colspan=2|—470
2011–12

|Eredivisie

|1

000colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—10
colspan=2|Total

!137||0||7||0||colspan=2|—||9||0||9||0||162||0

rowspan=2|Den Bosch (loan)

|2005–06

|Eerste Divisie

|35

000colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—350
colspan=2|Total

!35||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||35||0

rowspan=4|Swansea City

|2011–12

|Premier League

|37

00000colspan=2|—colspan=2|—370
2012–13

|Premier League

|26

02000colspan=2|—colspan=2|—280
2013–14

|Premier League

|26

000006{{efn|name=UEL}}0colspan=2|—320
colspan=2|Total

!89||0||2||0||0||0||6||0||colspan=2|—||97||0

rowspan=7|Tottenham Hotspur

|2014–15

|Premier League

|4

030502{{efn|name=UEL}}0colspan=2|—140
2015–16

|Premier League

|1

040101{{efn|name=UEL}}0colspan=2|—70
2016–17

|Premier League

|5

0402000colspan=2|—110
2017–18

|Premier League

|1

070201{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League}}0colspan=2|—110
2018–19

|Premier League

|2

000002{{efn|name=UCL}}0colspan=2|—40
2019–20

|Premier League

|0

0100000colspan=2|—10
colspan=2|Total

!13||0||19||0||10||0||6||0||colspan=2|—||48||0

colspan=3|Career total

!274||0||28||0||10||0||21||0||9||0||342||0

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=International=

:Source:{{cite web|title=Michel Vorm|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=26316|website=European Football|access-date=13 July 2014}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3 | Netherlands

YearAppsGoals
200810
200920
201020
201140
201350
201410
Total||15||0

Honours

Swansea City

  • Football League Cup: 2012–13{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21489673 |title=Bradford 0–5 Swansea |first=Phil |last=McNulty |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122051138/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21489673 |archive-date=22 January 2016}}

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Football League Cup runner-up: 2014–15{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31572594 |title=Chelsea 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur |first=Phil |last=McNulty |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 March 2015 |access-date=27 April 2019}}
  • UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2018–19{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48368443 |title=Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool |first=Phil |last=McNulty |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=1 June 2019}}

Netherlands

  • FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2010;{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/matches/match/300061509/#match-lineups |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208155241/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/matches/match/300061509/#match-lineups |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2020 |title=Netherlands 0–1 Spain: Line-ups |publisher=FIFA |access-date=8 February 2020}} third place: 2014{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255957/match=300186502/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707122322/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255957/match=300186502/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 July 2014 |title=Brazil 0–3 Netherlands |publisher=FIFA |access-date=27 April 2019}}

Individual

  • Swansea City Player of the Year: 2011–12{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/sep/27/swansea-city-michel-vorm-contract |title=Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm signs new four-year contract |publisher=The Guardian |date=27 September 2012 |access-date=1 November 2023}}

References

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